Philosophy of Practice

The
commitment of Zen Architects is to provide comprehensive
design
services in a cost-effective, personal and responsible
manner. Our
method allows the ease of a "ZEN-simple approach"
resulting in a clean
and solid descriptive design package. By Zenplifying,

our motto is "Simple Design = Ultimate Sophistication".SINGLE SOURCE MANAGEMENT: John Salat
utilizes a
single source management system. This system employs
resources of a consortium of the most qualified
independent
consultants, all of whom work under John's direction to
meet your
budget, time and design criteria.

PLANNING AND
CONCEPTUALIZING DESIGN: Under single-source
control, an
extraordinary project team serves as a personal task
force sensitive to
the clients budget and design requirements. John Salat
calls upon his
30
years of architectural, management and industry
experience to meet the
varied needs of his clients.

BUDGET
CONTROL:
John's unique background encompasses both value
engineering and
contract specification writing. The benefit of this to
the client lies
in potential
savings during the construction period. Drawing upon his wealth of
information in
materials and methods for comparable integrated systems,
he designs the
best of these into the project from the onset. John
Salat also
recognizes the most suitable open-end bid option for
your project
yielding maximum construction savings.

FINAL
PRODUCT:
With the goal of the final product in mind, John Salat
will identify
the life
expectancy, maintenance and operations of his client's
facility. In
consideration of the original budget, John Salat will
develop
criteria to adapt to the clients project to the
budget without
compromising
aesthetics.